CGI Tutorial, FP-98 verse FTP

I am using Front Page 98 with IE 5.5 and trying to learn how to use CGI scripts within it. Most scripts I download end up with errors. I realize this probably my fault in some way or other and I have studied 3 different tutorials. All three are written with respect FTP and telenet and it gets very confusing.

Isn't setting permissions with FP 98 getting me to the same place as setting them with FTP?

Can you recommend a tutorial for CGI written from a FP 98 perspective.